No worries, I'm sure both your heroes will go on to have great success elsewhere.

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Matti, my post wasn't about my being a fan of either guy.

It was about the advantages actual knowledge has over casual, second-hand pseuedo-familiarity.

(of course, addressing this to a guy with a video game avatar--who often thinks he knows more about draft prospects than people who actually know--I realize I'm unlikely to get far selling a pro-knowledge position to...well...you)

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Yawn. I guess this time of year we need something to get stewed up over. But looking at the OP's headline, I noticed five exclamation points which made me wonder if that was too many for this particular bit of news. So I researched 14 major U.S. newspapers dating back to the Revolutionary War and counted exclamation points in the headlines for the following news events. Here's the average, per event:

Dr. Chao’s choice to quit the Chargers may have been influenced by loss of hospital privileges​

Posted by Mike Florio on June 19, 2013, 8:04 PM EDT​

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Controversial Chargers physician David Chao recently resigned his post with the team due to health concerns, along with a desire to spend more time with his family.​

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The decision apparently was influenced by a fairly important external development. According to Brent Schrotenboer of USA Today, a pair of San Diego hospitals had barred Chao from performing surgeries.​

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“I have been informed that Dr. Chao has lost his surgical privileges with the only two hospitals he had surgical privileges with: Scripps Mercy [Hospital] and Scripps [Memorial Hospital],” an attorney said in a sworn declaration submitted in connection with a pending lawsuit against Chao. “This has led, apparently, to Dr. Chao resigning his position with the Chargers. This will also inevitably lead to the closure of . . . Dr. Chao’s surgical practice.”​

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Chao’s attorney disputed the claim, arguing that Chao still had a page on the hospitals’ website. And then Chao disappeared from the hospitals’ website, according to Schrotenboer. A spokesperson for the facilities declined comment.​

Dr. Chao’s choice to quit the Chargers may have been influenced by loss of hospital privileges​

Posted by Mike Florio on June 19, 2013, 8:04 PM EDT​

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Controversial Chargers physician David Chao recently resigned his post with the team due to health concerns, along with a desire to spend more time with his family.​

​

The decision apparently was influenced by a fairly important external development. According to Brent Schrotenboer of USA Today, a pair of San Diego hospitals had barred Chao from performing surgeries.​

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“I have been informed that Dr. Chao has lost his surgical privileges with the only two hospitals he had surgical privileges with: Scripps Mercy [Hospital] and Scripps [Memorial Hospital],” an attorney said in a sworn declaration submitted in connection with a pending lawsuit against Chao. “This has led, apparently, to Dr. Chao resigning his position with the Chargers. This will also inevitably lead to the closure of . . . Dr. Chao’s surgical practice.”​

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Chao’s attorney disputed the claim, arguing that Chao still had a page on the hospitals’ website. And then Chao disappeared from the hospitals’ website, according to Schrotenboer. A spokesperson for the facilities declined comment.​